I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

"More than five years?" Hearing Li Shimin's request, Li Shen stood up excitedly.

"Aye, there are none older than five years."

"Huh? How could there be nothing?" Li Shimin frowned.

"Aye, we only sell half of this wine every year and store the other half.

After a few years, half of the stored wine will be sold, and the rest will be consumed by oneself.

In recent years, the consumption of wine over five years old is very large, especially in the palace and the East Palace.

There are also a large number of places like Flavor House and Paradise on Earth.

Also, whenever my father-in-law holds a banquet, he always says that it was paid for by my Ji Wang Mansion.

During the time at the nursing home, the old ministers drank more than fifty bottles of liquor, and Cheng Yaojin even secretly took two bottles home.

In the cellar now, some wines aged three to five years are still not good, but those aged five years are gone.”

Li Shen stated the facts and reasoned, crying about the exploitation he had experienced over the years.

His wines were hard to come by in the first place, as he had given away too many of them for free over the years.

Even father and son settle accounts clearly. His father has never given him any money.

However, although what Li Shen said was reasonable and well-founded, Li Shimin remained indifferent. He did not believe that Li Shen would not have any answer.

He knew his son too well; his son was used to enjoying life.

If I have something good, I will definitely keep it for myself, and enjoy it myself even if I don’t sell it.

Although the Prince Ji's Mansion was not as big as the Imperial Palace, Li Shimin had to admit that in terms of luxury, it was slightly inferior to the Imperial Palace.

Be it food, clothing, or the luxury of his residence or entertainment, they are all better than those of the emperor.

Take carpets for example. The palace was not so luxurious as to use the finest carpets from the Western Regions as ordinary carpets.

It is spread out on the ground outside, exposed to the wind and sun, and is thrown away after being used once.

When Li Shimin heard Li Shen do this, he was so angry that he wanted to rob the treasury of Prince Ji's mansion.

How could a person who is so greedy for pleasure sell all the good things?

However, Li Shimin did not question him directly, because it would be useless to ask, as his son's mouth was harder than a knife.

It's in vain to ask.

Li Shimin still had a way to deal with Li Shen. He just nodded to show his belief, then sighed:

"Alas~~~ What a pity, I was thinking of giving you some wine to celebrate.

Now it seems that it is no longer useful.”

"What? Wine for celebration? Father, I wonder where the joy comes from?" Li Shen asked immediately after hearing it.

"Didn't I just say that you have been filial and caring for me all these years?

So, I have discussed this with your mother, and I am going to reward you with some good land from your mother's estate, and also grant you some fiefdom.

I was planning to celebrate for you, but now it seems I'd better wait for some time."

Li Shimin expressed regret and shook his head.

"Celebrate! Of course we have to celebrate. Oops..." Li Shen stood up excitedly, and the pain from his butt made him scream.

But he couldn't care less at the moment, this was a free gift.

I have been silently working for so many years, and now I finally see the return on my money, how can I let it go?

"Aye, we don't have to wait for a few days, we can celebrate tomorrow.

All necessary expenses are borne by the child alone to ensure that everything is available.

Tomorrow we will have hot pot and a seafood feast."

How much does a celebration meal cost? Not to mention one, even ten meals wouldn't cost much.

All the ingredients come from Prince Ji’s Mansion, and the only expense is the cost of feeding them.

This is nothing compared to the reward.

Good farmland, fiefdom. With fiefdom, income tax is yours.

It would take him more than thirty years to receive the salary of ten thousand households. Fortunately, his father still had a conscience and did not be so cruel as to take away even the fertile land and fiefdom.

Otherwise, Li Shen would really go to the gate of the imperial city to collect the debt and put up a banner saying "Pay me back my hard-earned money."

This time there were rewards of land and fiefdoms, which were much better than salaries.

"Those wines that are more than five years old..." Li Shimin glanced at Li Shen.

"Yes! Yes! They have everything! There is also a bottle of eight-year-old Imperial Jade Wine, which I have kept and have never been willing to drink.

I will also bring it to honor my father tomorrow." Li Shen nodded rapidly.

"Oh? Are you sure? That's not what you said just now." Li Shimin asked calmly, picking up the teacup and taking a sip.

"So is there... or isn't there?" Li Shen hesitated a little. Saying yes would be a crime of deceiving the emperor.

"Haha, are you asking me about the things in Prince Ji's mansion? Don't you know whether there are any or not?" Li Shimin laughed.

"No! Oh, right! Wang Hongfu has it. Wang Hongfu is the chief treasurer of Prince Ji's Mansion, but he actually embezzled things from Prince Ji's Mansion. I must punish him severely when I return.

What a piece of shit." Li Shen showed a look of deep sorrow.

His mind raced, and he immediately thought of a good excuse. Aren't employees supposed to take the blame for their leaders?

I definitely can't say that I was just talking. That would be deceiving the king, and I might get beaten.

Hearing Li Shen's words, Li Shimin looked at Li Shen with a fake smile:

"Really? Just now you said that Wang Xuance, the chief historian of Prince Ji's mansion, was incompetent and failed to fulfill his duty of teaching you.

This time, it is said that Wang Hongfu, the chief treasurer of your Ji Wang Mansion, embezzled things from your Ji Wang Mansion.

It seems to me that you are not strict enough in managing your subordinates.

If anything else happens later, who will you put the blame on?"

Hearing this, Li Shen subconsciously looked around and found that the stone was not there.

"Tenth Brother, why did you make a mistake again just now?" Li Tai asked curiously after hearing the conversation between his father and Li Shen.

Li Shimin didn't want to make it public, and just wanted to cover it up, but Li Shen nodded in a very bachelor way:

"Yes, and it is a great sin."

"Oh? Tell me about it." What a serious crime! This made Li Tai even more curious.

"I'm sure Fourth Brother must have heard about the unusual movements in the east of the city yesterday." Li Shen asked.

"Yeah, I've heard a little about it." Li Tai nodded.

"That was my fault. Because the situation was urgent, I dispatched a thousand soldiers to rescue without the permission of the Ministry of War.

Of course, this is not my fault. It’s because Wang Xuance, the Chief Clerk of Prince Ji’s Mansion, did not tell me about this.

Fortunately, Aye made up for it in time, thank you Aye for your help."

Li Shen said this and bowed to Li Shimin.

"Oh, so that's the case. That's understandable." Li Tai didn't change much, he just smiled and nodded to show his understanding.

But Li Zhi behind him had a gloomy expression on his face.

His own father actually helped Li Shen cover up such a big mistake, which is a capital crime.

Isn't this a bit too much favoritism?

But if I send someone to impeach him at this time, it would probably be of no avail.

He secretly glanced at Li Shimin with some resentment in his eyes. He thought to himself that he was the legitimate son, so why did His Majesty always favor a bastard?